ङकार
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Sanskrit[edit]
Etymology[edit]
ङ (ṅa, the letter) + कार (kāra, term designating a letter or sound).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ङकार • (ṅakāra) stem, m
- The name of the Devanagari letter ङ (ṅa).
- the sound of the ङ letter, /ŋɐ/
Inflection[edit]
| Masculine a-stem declension of ङकार | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | ङकारः (ṅakāraḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | ङकारस्य (ṅakārasya) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | ङकारः (ṅakāraḥ) | ङकारौ (ṅakārau) | ङकाराः (ṅakārāḥ) |
| Vocative | ङकार (ṅakāra) | ङकारौ (ṅakārau) | ङकाराः (ṅakārāḥ) |
| Accusative | ङकारम् (ṅakāram) | ङकारौ (ṅakārau) | ङकारान् (ṅakārān) |
| Instrumental | ङकारेन (ṅakārena) | ङकाराभ्याम् (ṅakārābhyām) | ङकारैः (ṅakāraiḥ) |
| Dative | ङकाराय (ṅakārāya) | ङकाराभ्याम् (ṅakārābhyām) | ङकारेभ्यः (ṅakārebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | ङकारात् (ṅakārāt) | ङकाराभ्याम् (ṅakārābhyām) | ङकारेभ्यः (ṅakārebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | ङकारस्य (ṅakārasya) | ङकारयोः (ṅakārayoḥ) | ङकारानाम् (ṅakārānām) |
| Locative | ङकारे (ṅakāre) | ङकारयोः (ṅakārayoḥ) | ङकारेषु (ṅakāreṣu) |
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References[edit]
- Monier Williams (1899) “ङकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0380.